A Swedish Love Story EP

A Swedish Love Story
EP by Owen Pallett
Released September 28th, 2010
Genre Baroque pop
Length 16:53
Label Domino
Producer Rusty Santos, Owen Pallett
Owen Pallett chronology
Heartland
(2010)
A Swedish Love Story
(2010)
Export [Demo EP]
(2010)

A Swedish Love Story is an EP released by Canadian musician Owen Pallett. Following Heartland, this is Pallett's second release under his own name rather than his previous stage name, Final Fantasy.

Track listing

  1. "A Man With No Ankles" – 4:20
  2. "Scandal At The Parkade" – 3:18
  3. "Honour The Dead, Or Else" – 4:51
  4. "Don't Stop" – 4:24

Reception

The EP was received favorably, generally scoring slightly below its predecessor, Heartland. Pitchfork scored the release at 7.4 out of 10.[1]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(78/100) [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(7.4/10) link
PopMatters(8/10) link
Drowned In Sound(8/10) link

Personnel

  • Produced by Rusty Santos and Owen Pallett
  • Mixed by Rusty Santos
  • Engineering assistance from Brian Thorn at The Magic Shop
  • Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music
  • Published by Open Wallett
  • Design by Colin Bergh

  • Owen Pallett - violin, synths, keyboards, vocals
  • Thomas Gill - guitar
  • Shahzad Ismaily - drums, electric bass, percussion\
  • Rob Moose - violin
  • Nadia Sirota - viola
  • Clarice Jensen - cello

Artwork

The packaging for the release displays four altered pieces of artwork, credited as follows:

Scentless Mayweed, 2007, Roger Whitehead

Carolus Linnaeus in Laponian costume, 1853, Hendrik Hollander

Linnaea Borealis, 1901, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman

Untitled, 2009, Agnes Thor

Carolus Linnaeus in Laponian costume by Hendrik Hollander, 1853
Linnaea Borealis by Lindman, 1901

References

  1. Cohen, Ian (2010-10-07). "Owen Pallett: A Swedish Love Story EP | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  2. Critic Reviews for A Swedish Love Story. Metacritic. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
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